Curve – Biebrich railway line

Curve – Biebrich

Rheinbahnhof Biebrich

Route length:

1.5 km

		from Frankfurt
	0.0	Curve
		to Wiesbaden
		End of siding
		Rheinbahnhof
	1.5	Biebrich

Swell:

The Curve – Biebrich railway was a branch line of the Taunus Railway in what is now the city of Wiesbaden and is considered the oldest branch line in Germany. A section still exists today as a siding . The standard-gauge line was single-track and 1.5 kilometers long.

Geographical location

Location of the Curve – Biebrich railway line in the Hessian-Nassau border area (1841)

The line lay in the territory of the Duchy of Nassau and connected the main line of the Taunus Railway, which ran from Frankfurt to Wiesbaden , with Biebrich (today: Wiesbaden-Biebrich ) and the Rhine port there .

The starting point for the branch line was the “Curve” station, which then changed its name several times: initially to “Biebrich Ost”, after there was a third Biebrich station - next to the Rheinbahnhof - “Biebrich-Moosburg”. As a result of the incorporation of Biebrich into Wiesbaden, the name was supplemented by “Wiesbaden” in 1927, but then “Biebrich” was deleted in 1934 and only “East” was retained in the name of the station. Since then, the station has been called Wiesbaden Ost .

The line ended in Biebrich first in the Biebrich train station , directly at the Rheinhafen, later in the Rheinbahnhof , which was a little further inland. There was no further stop between the starting and terminating stations of the route.

history

The line was built together with the main line of the Taunus Railway by Paul Camille von Denis and opened on August 3, 1840. For decades it was operated exclusively as a horse-drawn tram . Especially in the early days, it was of great importance in freight traffic , as it opened up the Biebrich Rhine port, located directly behind the Nassau border, on the land side. The neighboring port of Kastel , which was also served by the Taunus Railway, was abroad, in the Grand Duchy of Hesse . The economic consequences of the new train station, located in Nassau, triggered the so-called Nebeljungenstreich in 1841 .

After a brief interlude in early 1872, when the line belonged to the Hessian Ludwig Railway for a few months , it was transferred to the Prussian State Railways on May 3, 1872 . This immediately switched from the traditional horse to locomotive operation.

In 1908, the passenger has been set on the track, as travelers to Wiesbaden, who arrived by boat through since 1889 circulating, Wiesbaden steam tram of SEG could get much more convenient in the downtown Wiesbaden.

From then on, the line was only used for local freight traffic. It was shortened, the station relocated accordingly and the original station on the banks of the Rhine abandoned. The new building at today's Wilhelm Kalle Street ⊙ is preserved and today by the Health Insurance Fund of the chemical factory Kalle used. 50.037222222222 8.2427777777778

The eastern part of the branch line still exists today as a siding for the Kalle-Albert industrial park and for InfraServ Wiesbaden .

meaning

The line, opened in 1840, is the oldest branch line in Germany. Although the Soden Railway is mentioned again and again in the literature , it only went into operation on May 22, 1847.

Individual evidence

↑ Railway Atlas Germany . 10th edition. Schweers + Wall, Cologne 2017, ISBN 3-921679-13-3 .
^ ^A ^b Heinz Schomann : Railway in Hessen . Railway buildings and routes 1839–1939. In: State Office for Monument Preservation Hessen (Ed.): Cultural monuments in Hessen. Monument topography Federal Republic of Germany . Three volumes in a slipcase. tape 2.1 . Theiss Verlag, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-8062-1917-6 , p. 19th ff . (Route 001).
^ Lists of station name changes for 1927 on web.hs-merseburg.de
^ Lists of station name changes for 1934 on web.hs-merseburg.de
↑ Lichthammer: About some train stations in western Germany and Belgium . In: Allgemeine Bauzeitung . tape 7 . Vienna 1842, p. 354–363 : "In other respects this station differs from the others [the Taunus-Eisenbahn] in that instead of a locomotive hall there is a horse stable, while on the branch line to Bieberich the convoy [train] is only transported with horses."
↑ Railway Atlas Germany . 10th edition. Schweers + Wall, Cologne 2017, ISBN 3-921679-13-3 .

[1] Railway Atlas Germany . 10th edition. Schweers + Wall, Cologne 2017, ISBN 3-921679-13-3 .

[EiH-2] A ^b Heinz Schomann : Railway in Hessen . Railway buildings and routes 1839–1939. In: State Office for Monument Preservation Hessen (Ed.): Cultural monuments in Hessen. Monument topography Federal Republic of Germany . Three volumes in a slipcase. tape 2.1 . Theiss Verlag, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-8062-1917-6 , p. 19th ff . (Route 001).

[3] Lists of station name changes for 1927 on web.hs-merseburg.de

[4] Lists of station name changes for 1934 on web.hs-merseburg.de

[AB-5] Lichthammer: About some train stations in western Germany and Belgium . In: Allgemeine Bauzeitung . tape 7 . Vienna 1842, p. 354–363 : "In other respects this station differs from the others [the Taunus-Eisenbahn] in that instead of a locomotive hall there is a horse stable, while on the branch line to Bieberich the convoy [train] is only transported with horses."

[6] Railway Atlas Germany . 10th edition. Schweers + Wall, Cologne 2017, ISBN 3-921679-13-3 .